Canal Overbridge at Cwm-tawe-isaf is a Grade II listed building in the Neath Port Talbot local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 20 December 2002. Bridge.

Canal Overbridge at Cwm-tawe-isaf

WRENN ID
rusted-tallow-vale
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Neath Port Talbot
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
20 December 2002
Type
Bridge
Address
Canal Overbridge at Cwm-tawe-isaf, Godre'R-Graig, Ystalyfera
OS grid reference
SN 748 064
Coordinates
51.7424, -3.81434
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Canal Overbridge at Cwm-tawe-isaf is a 19th-century single arch bridge made of rubble stone. It features a segmental arch constructed with tooled cut stone voussoirs, one of which on the eastern side has scratched figures that may date to 1797. The abutments curve outward on each side, leading to square end piers. On the southwest side, there is a later 19th-century flight of 10 steps leading up to the bridge. The parapets and piers are topped with rounded copings made of cement.

Local climate

Canal Overbridge at Cwm-tawe-isaf sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,380 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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